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  1. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

  2. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

  3. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pessimisticadjective

    expecting the worst possible outcome

    Antonyms:
    rosy, sanguine, bullish, upbeat, starry-eyed, rose-colored, optimistic, pollyannaish, cheerful

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  1. pessimisticadjective

    Synonyms:
    gloomy, foreboding, hopeless

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "pessimistic":

    gloomy, downbeat, sombre

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#32253pessimistic
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How to use pessimistic in a sentence?

  1. Mark Zandi:

    In most times, sentiment reflects the economy. It doesn't create it -- except at turning points, if people get pessimistic, we'll go into a recession. If people maintain optimism, then the economy will probably have a soft landing -- but it makes for a very unstable situation.

  2. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

    If that does not work, and I am very pessimistic, and all of us in Europe will insist on proper protection of external borders, there will be nothing left but protecting the border on the line of Greece-Macedonia and Greece-Bulgaria.

  3. Mark Hackett:

    The market pendulum has aggressively shifted from pessimistic to optimistic over the past two months, much of the decline and recovery were driven by investor emotion, which will likely keep volatility elevated until the macro picture becomes clearer.

  4. Caroline Bain:

    Having followed everybody else (in previous years) with producer projections initially, and then having to revise down, we thought this year we're going to start by being pessimistic and hopefully it will come right, we have always been quite cautious about how strong supply was going to be this year simply because the record has been so bad over the last few years.

  5. Yoel Guzansky:

    I’m very pessimistic, iran shows patience, resilience, determination. I’m sorry to say the Americans don’t show that, and we don’t have a lot of time.


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